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Mortifying

Mortifying Meaning & Definition
Mortifying Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mortifying?

[adj] causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
[adj] causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mortifying: demeaning | embarrassing | humbling | humiliating | undignified | unpleasant

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Mortifying In Webster's Dictionary

\Mor"ti*fy`ing\, a. 1. Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh. 2. Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances. 3. Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.

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